Archive for April, 2008

Smithsonian Photography Podcast

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has launched a photography podcast, available for download or through iTunes. Looks promising, something for me to listen to on my commute. Not sure what the publishing schedule is, but I hope they keep at it. They are apparently taking a magazine approach, with multiple topics in the first edition: [...]

WSJ Reviews Photography at the National Gallery

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a review of two photography shows at the National Gallery in Washington DC. Both shows focus on mid-19th century photography. I think this period is particularly interesting because of the rapid technological changes photography was experiencing at the time, not unlike what we have today in the speedily advancing migration [...]

One digit changes everything

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Roadside memorial, Greeley, CO ©2008 Todd Walker
I’ve never posted my own work here. There are probably a bunch of deep seated psychological reasons for that, but the surface reason has always been I don’t want to promote the work on the backs of the links I make to other, more established photographers. Seems underhanded.
Since I [...]